Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area, while Peru declared a health emergency, as a regional crisis sparked by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse escalated Tuesday.
In Brazil, where residents rioted and attacked Venezuelan immigrants in ...

Brazilian lawmakers rejected corruption charges against President Michel Temer on Wednesday evening, shelving a case that had threatened to oust a center-right leader who investors hope will bring Brazil's budget deficit under control.
The corruption case, involving the payment of bribes by meat packer JBS ...

When most of the world talks about the riches of the Amazon they mean the unique rain forest and so-called lungs of the planet.
But Brazilian President Michel Temer has given the nod to a more literal sense of riches — mineral extraction — leaving ...

Troops guarded federal buildings in Brazil's capital early Thursday as the president struggles to hang onto power amid an outcry over corruption allegations and after clashes between police and protesters demanding his resignation forced the evacuations of several ministries.
With tens of thousands of demonstrators ...

President Michel Temer on Thursday defiantly said he will not resign after the Supreme Court authorized an investigation into allegations he condoned bribes to a potential witness in a major corruption probe.
The investigation raised the possibility Brazil could see a second president fall in ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Brazilian counterpart, President Michel Temer, agreed Wednesday to pursue economic cooperation in infrastructure projects, while the new Brazilian president seeks foreign investment in a bid to shore up the nation's battered economy.
The two leaders reached a deal to ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi branded Pakistan a "mother-ship of terrorism" at a summit of the BRICS nations on Sunday, testing the cohesion of a group whose heavyweight member China is a close ally of its South Asian archrival.
Modi's remarks to a meeting of ...

Brazilian President Michel Temer is planning to visit Japan in mid-October for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in what would be the first trip by the leader of the South American country in eight years, according to government sources.
Abe and Temer are expected ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Monday with new Brazilian President Michel Temer to discuss strengthening ties between the two countries.
They were expected to discuss how Brazil, home to the biggest overseas community of Japanese descendents, prepared for the recent Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ...

Michel Temer is a president few Brazilians want, replacing a leader few saw fit to stay.
The Senate's dismissal on Wednesday of Dilma Rousseff, the least popular president since Brazil returned to democracy three decades ago, handed power to the vice president, who is almost ...

All eyes will turn to Rio de Janeiro on Friday when it opens South America's first Olympic Games against a backdrop of political and economic crises off the sporting field and doping scandals on it.
More than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries will compete in ...